Emergency alert systems and methods for disabled and/or differently abled persons are disclosed. Upon receiving an alert message, the system translates the alert message to an audio message (text to speech) when the text to speech feature is enabled. In some implementations, the system waits fora threshold period of time (e.g., 30 seconds) to receive a user acknowledgment of the alert message, and translates the alert message to an audio message if no acknowledgment is received within this time. The user acknowledgment can be received via a selection of an option (e.g., by clicking an “OK” button) and/or via an audio option (e.g., by saying “Ok, received”) when the text to speech feature is enabled. The system then outputs (e.g., reads out loud) the translated message so that the disabled or differently abled persons can be informed of the emergency situation. After outputting the translated message, the system can further wait for a user acknowledgment of the translated audio message.
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2. The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions when executed by the at least one data processor of the system further cause the system to: select the audible alert signal from a plurality of audible alerts based on the type of the wireless emergency alert message.
3. The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the audible alert signal is outputted at the mobile device.
4. The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the audible alert signal is outputted at a second device configurably connected to the mobile device.
5. The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the wireless emergency alert message and the second portion of the wireless emergency alert message are same.
6. The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the wireless emergency alert message and the second portion of the wireless emergency alert message are different.
7. The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the second portion of the wireless emergency alert message is translated to speech by an application stored on the mobile device.
8. The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the second portion of the wireless emergency alert message is translated to speech by a remote server configurably connected to the mobile device.
9. The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein an audio signal corresponding to the translated speech is generated using audio samples of the user of the mobile device.
10. The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the wireless emergency alert message is in a first language, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one data processor further cause the system to obtain a translation of the wireless emergency alert message to a second language.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the text-based emergency notification message is in a first language, and method further comprises: obtaining a translation of the text-based emergency notification message to a second language.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the text-based emergency notification message is in a first language, and wherein the method further comprises: obtaining a translation of the text-based emergency notification message to a second language, wherein the audio rendition is in the second language.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the audio rendition is derived using audio samples of the user of the user equipment.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the audio rendition is derived based on the type of the text-based emergency notification message.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein the audio rendition is played at the user equipment.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein the audio rendition is played at a second device configurably connected to the user equipment.
19. The mobile communications device of claim 18, wherein the text-based emergency notification message is in a first language, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one microprocessor further cause the mobile communications device to obtain a translation of the text-based emergency notification message to a second language.
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